New Zealand skipper intends to reduce the ban by attending tackle school
captain Sam Cane has been handed a two-match ban for the tackle which saw him sent off during last month’s, Cane made contact with the head of Jesse Kriel when making a tackle. Referee Wayne Barnes deemed the collision worth of a yellow card, with the TMO bunker later upgrading the decision to red.
On Monday, Cane appeared before a disciplinary committee which vindicated the decision to send the backrow off. The committee deemed the mid-range entry point for foul play sufficient, with the initial ban set at six matches. This was halved due to Cane’s “clear remorse”, his clean disciplinary record up to this point an “early acknowledgement of foul play.”
Cane intends to attend World Rugby’s coaching intervention programme, also known as tackle school, to take one game off his three-match ban.Sam Cane banned for three games after Rugby World Cup final red cardCould Edinburgh’s Pierre Schoeman have seen yellow for untying an opponent’s laces? Another New Zealand back rower goes to the bin, with Sam Cane guilty of a high tackle. And another nervy wait to see if this one is upgraded to redOn that basis, Cane, who is about to move to Japan to take up a contract with Suntory Sungoliath, would miss his new team’s fixtures vs Toshiba and Panasonic on November 18 and 25 respectively.
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